Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
TidBITS describes entering each custom name or phrase in the First Name field of a Contacts entry, however many words it contains.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“I put them all in the First Name field”
TipBITS: How Fake Contacts Can Fix Dictation's Proper Noun Problems, Adam Engst, TidBITS, 2026, Section: Add Custom Words to Contacts.
Open the original- What it measures
- The author puts a placeholder emoji in the Last Name field so these entries sort to the bottom of Contacts. The author also adds them to a list called Proper Noun-Contacts.
- What it does not show
- This is one author's method, described for his own devices. The article is the only source for it, and it has not been checked against Apple's documentation.